International Financial and Political Relations MSc

What you'll study

Modules

International Financial and Political Relations MSc covers a wide range of topics; to give you a taster we have expanded on some of the core modules affiliated with this programme and the specific assessment methods associated with each module.

Globalization: Key Debates and Issues (30 credits)

Globalization: Key Debates and Issues (30 credits)

This module introduces students to debates surrounding the concept of globalization and shows how this concept has been invoked in a variety of geographical scholarship on the nature of space, place and territory.

The Financial System (15 credits)

The Financial System (15 credits)

This module will provide students with an overview of the financial system and an understanding of the organization and operation of the major financial institutions and markets.

Governing Crises (15 credits)

Governing Crises (15 credits)

The module will enable students to develop a critical understanding of the processes and mechanisms available to governments to respond and manage crisis at different levels. The module will introduce students to the key theories, concepts and applications of the emerging field of crisis management.

Comparative Foreign Policy: Issues and Cases (15 credits)

Comparative Foreign Policy: Issues and Cases (15 credits)

This module will equip student with the conceptual tools and specific knowledge relevant to an understanding of the foreign policies of key state actors in the global arena, and of the issues and policy contexts that shape these policies.

International Politics: Issues and Policies (15 credits)

International Politics: Issues and Policies (15 credits)

This module provides students with knowledge of a range of issues drawn from contemporary international politics.

Doing Global Research (30 credits)

Doing Global Research (30 credits)

This module equips students with the appropriate intellectual and practical research skills to successfully undertake an independent and original piece of research.

Developments in Financial Markets (15 credits)

Developments in Financial Markets (15 credits)

In this module students will analyse in depth the causes, implications, and regulatory responses to the recent global banking crisis.

Dissertation (45 credits)

Dissertation (45 credits)

In this module, students will produce an original piece of research, using appropriate theoretical material, research methodologies and skills in data collection, analysis, interpretation and writing-up.